How simple is it for shady individuals to start an anonymous shell corporation? Fusion investigative correspondent Natasha del Toro went to Delaware — famous for its corporate secrecy — to find out. Witness the birth of She Sells SeashellsLLC, a business secretly incorporated for Natasha’s cat Suki — in five minutes.
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Shell companies: where the world's richest hide their cash. Kellie Morgan explains how easy it is to set one up.

published:04 Apr 2016

views:27770

Most investors are unaware an LLC can be set up without the investor's personal information publicly disclosed to anyone with access to a computer. A key component of creating an asset protection shield is to maintain a veil of privacy around your assets. Its common sense that if you appear worthless, a creditor will be forced to weigh the options of bringing a claim because the possibility of recovery is highly suspect.
Unfortunately, most real estate investors and professionals who establish LLCs either do not know how to create an LLC without the investor's information being publicly exposed or downplay the importance of anonymity in planning. (I believe the latter is a direct result of a professional not understanding how to create the former.) When an LLC is organized, the organizer must select between a manager-managed, or member managed LLC. With either LLC form, 45 states require the LLC organizer disclose the LLCs manager(s) or member(s). This information is publicly available because on the state’s secretary of state website.
How important is anonymity? Very! Consider a recent situation involving a real estate investor in California who I will refer to as John.
Five years ago John established a California member managed LLC to hold his rental duplex. A year ago John defaulted on a contract he signed personally. The other party sues and obtains a judgment against John for $200,000. John thought he was judgment proof because the only asset he owned is his car and the LLC. John was taken by surprise when he attempted to refinance his duplex, to pull some cash out, and the lender informed him his creditor had filed a lis pendes against his duplex and he could not refinance the property without paying off his personal creditor.
John’s creditor performed an asset search in California and discovered John was the member of an LLC. A follow-up search discovered the LLC owned a duplex. Armed with this information, the creditor placed a lien on the property held in John’s LLC. If you are wondering how John’s personal creditor can access real estate inside of an LLC don’t bother, they can. The actions of John's creditor is not about what is right but rather, how much trouble, angst, and financial pain the creditor can create in John’s life to force him to settle the creditor’s claim. This creditor is arguing John committed a fraudulent transfer when he moved his rental into his LLC. When bringing this type of action, the creditor is within its rights to file a lien against the property held in the LLC. Now John will probably ultimately prevail because the property was transferred into the LLC 4 years before the lawsuit but, John’s major asset is tied up pending the outcome of his case.
John’s obvious mistake was not using an anonymity strategy to protect his association with his California LLC. If John had contacted me five years ago, I would recommend he set up a Wyoming LLC with a nominee manager to hide his identity. Followingthe creation of the Wyoming LLC, we would set up John’s California LLC with his Wyoming LLC as its member manager. Thus, when someone looked at the California LLC, it would point not to John but the Wyoming LLC. If the someone followed this trail and looked up the Wyoming LLC it will point to a nominee manager and not John who is the actual, but undisclosed, manager of the Wyoming LLC.
Questions or requests for a video topic are always welcome! If you would like a FREE 30-minute consultation, you can request one here: https://andersonadvisors.com/30minuteconsult/
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The information provided in this video should not be construed or relied on as legal advice for any specific fact or circumstance. Its content was prepared by AndersonBusiness Advisors with its main office at 3225 McLeod Drive Suite 100Las Vegas, Nevada 89121. This video is designed for entertainment and information purposes only. Viewing this video does not create an attorney-client relationship with Anderson Business Advisors or any of its lawyers. You should not act or rely on any of the information contained herein without seeking professional legal advice.

published:11 Apr 2017

views:12279

PANAMACITY — An anonymous person from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, has leaked millions of documents describing how some of the world's richest hide money in offshore havens.
Although the spotlight is currently on Panama, tax havens like Panama exist all over the world. People use them to circumvent regulations that protect transparency, as well as to avoid paying taxes in their home countries. Shell companies are often established in cities and countries that have lax rules governing transparency and financial disclosure, or more lenient criminal laws. Using tax havens isn't always about paying less taxes.
Wealth isn't necessarily kept within tax haven countries. Often such places only serve as addresses for shell companies, which exist solely on paper, and are created for as little as US$1,000, reported Vice in a 2014 article.
On paper, these shell companies act as the intermediaries that own the wealth, whether that asset is a painting or a Swiss bank account. Because of the complex organizational structure of these shell companies, it's very difficult to figure out who a company actually belongs to.
Setting up a shell company is not illegal and its existence is not always for a nefarious reason. A shell company may be established as a way to for one to save up funds to open a business. It may also act as a front for a project that a well-known company wants to keep from the public's eye until it's ready. According to Vox, Apple for example, may have created a shell company called SixtyEight Research as a front for a car project.
However, these shells are often used as tax or legal loopholes, as setting up a shell company doesn't require much identification, which allows their ultimate owners to evade scrutiny.
UC Berkeley economics professor Gabriel Zucman estimates that there is least US$7.6 trillion kept in offshore tax havens. However, due to the nature of tax havens, it's difficult to know for sure what the true amount is.
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published:05 Feb 2016

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The video explains the difference between a shelf company and a shell company. Some of the classic offshore jurisdictions for shell companies are mentioned. The main purpose of a shell company is to have a bank account.
Basically, it’s a special purpose company with the scope to maintain a bank account. In the most classic offshore jurisdictions shell companies are called International Business Companies. The shelf company is an aged company ready to start real and operative business. Swiss banks are reluctant to open bank accounts for shell companies. It will be very difficult to open Swiss bank accounts for shell companies.
Switzerland offers the best jurisdiction for shelf companies. Low taxation, confidentiality with bearer shares, educated and multilingual staff are just few of the advantages Switzerland can offer as a business oriented jurisdiction for shelf companies. A shelf company is ready to start the business from day one. No formalities. For international business people who are ready for business the Swiss shelf company is the best battle-proved corporate vehicle money can buy.
30% of all Fortune Global 500 companies have established a business with a Swiss company in Switzerland. The Swiss authorities are very cooperative with international business people. They know exactly the needs and expectations of the international business community. A Swiss shelf company offers a high prestige. It is the passport to be accepted by the international business community.
We have ready to start companies on stock. If time is of essence, give me a call +41 44 212 44 04 and we will organise the best company for you to start your business in the most effective business jurisdiction: Switzerland.
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Start your business now.
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China owns around 1.3 trillion dollars of the United States' debt, but recently Chinese nationals have been heavily investing in different sectors of US economy. So, how much of the US does China own?
Learn More:
Chinese Investment in The US
http://www.aei.org/multimedia/chinese_investments_in_the_us/
Why the Chinese Are Snapping Up Real Estate in the U.S.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/why-the-chinese-are-snapping-up-real-estate-in-the-u-s/
"The Chinese shopping spree of American real estate is ramping up, with buyers focused on more expensive homes in dense urban areas in California, New York and Washington state, according to a survey of realtors released this week."
To RebuildAmerica, Call On China?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2012/02/14/to-rebuild-america-call-on-china/
"China'sVice PresidentXi Jinping has at least one good sales pitch to offer Americans during his five day stay; to rebuild old infrastructure, count on us."
Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
"Talk about outsourcing. At a sprawling manufacturing complex here, hundreds of Chinese laborers are now completing work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge."
China Global Investment Tracker
http://www.heritage.org/research/projects/china-global-investment-tracker-interactive-map
"China's investment in the U.S. and around the world contracted in the first half of 2014."
Watch More:
How Powerful Is China?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qaoz_eXM4k
Can The US Still Call Itself A Wealthy Nation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90mKppE5OEM
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published:09 Apr 2016

views:131970

By JasonSharman, Griffith University, Australia
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Shell companies that cannot be traced back to their real owners are one of the most common means for laundering dirty money, giving and receiving bribes, busting sanctions, and evading taxes. This lecture presents the results of an experiment based on soliciting offers for these prohibited anonymous shell corporations. The results reveal major problems: many firms are willing to do business with criminals, but it is not the usual suspects that are the problem.

published:13 Oct 2014

views:3133

"SecrecyWorld" author Jake Bernstein explains how the super-wealthy hide billions using tax havens and shell companies.
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What happens when you set up a cheap offshore company online?
Andrew decided to run an experiment to see what happens when you do something that is not advisable when going offshore.
To start off, it's important to note that just setting up an offshore company isn't enough, there are documents you need to fill and some bureaucracy to go through.
Andrew opted out for opening Belize company because there aren't too many due diligence requirements, but because of this, banking might be more difficult.
Not to much surprise, the process of setting up the company was delayed, though eventually, the company was up and running.
There have been plenty of other obstacles along the way and they portray that you can't expect high-class customer service when you pay as little as possible.
To find out how did the experiment work out (or didn't?), keep your eyes peeled to help you decide whether or not opening a cheap offshore company online is worth the hassle.
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Shell corporation

A shell corporation is a company which serves as a vehicle for business transactions without itself having any significant assets or operations. Some shell companies may have had operations, but those may have shrunk due to unfavorable market conditions or company mismanagement. A shell corporation may also arise when a company's operations have been wound up, for example following a takeover, but the “shell” of the original company continues to exist.

Shell companies can also be used for tax avoidance. A classic tax avoidance operation is based on the buying and selling through tax haven shell companies to disguise true profits. The firm does its international operations through this shell corporation, thus not having to report to its country the sums involved, avoiding any taxes.

Music video

The music video was released on VEVO on May 12, 2011. Birdman makes an appearance in the video, which was directed by Colin Tilley, who directed Chris Brown's "Look at Me Now," which also featured Wayne.

Remixes

On May 11, rapper Ace Hood released a freestyle over the beat of "John," which was off his "Body Bag Vol. 1" mixtape. Another rapper Wiz Khalifa released a remix to "John" titled "Chuck". Rapper Chamillionaire freestyled a verse along with the original lyrics on his Badass Freemixes 2 mixtape. On December 26, Lil Wyte also released his own version on his Wyte Christmas mixtape. Tyga also released a version of the track titled "Well Done 2" on a mixtape along with the same name. Jim Jones also released a freestyle.

John, the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, was at first not expected to inherit significant lands. Following the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, however, John became Henry's favourite child. He was appointed the Lord of Ireland in 1177 and given lands in England and on the continent. John's elder brothers William, Henry and Geoffrey died young; by the time Richard I became king in 1189, John was a potential heir to the throne. John unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's royal administrators whilst his brother was participating in the Third Crusade. Despite this, after Richard died in 1199, John was proclaimed King of England, and came to an agreement with Philip II of France to recognise John's possession of the continental Angevin lands at the peace treaty of Le Goulet in 1200.

How to start an anonymous shell company for your cat: Dirty Little Secrets

How to start an anonymous shell company for your cat: Dirty Little Secrets

How to start an anonymous shell company for your cat: Dirty Little Secrets

How simple is it for shady individuals to start an anonymous shell corporation? Fusion investigative correspondent Natasha del Toro went to Delaware — famous for its corporate secrecy — to find out. Witness the birth of She Sells SeashellsLLC, a business secretly incorporated for Natasha’s cat Suki — in five minutes.
Subscribe to Fusion: https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisfusion

How to create an offshore shell company

Shell companies: where the world's richest hide their cash. Kellie Morgan explains how easy it is to set one up.

3:39

Creating Anonymity for your LLC

Creating Anonymity for your LLC

Creating Anonymity for your LLC

Most investors are unaware an LLC can be set up without the investor's personal information publicly disclosed to anyone with access to a computer. A key component of creating an asset protection shield is to maintain a veil of privacy around your assets. Its common sense that if you appear worthless, a creditor will be forced to weigh the options of bringing a claim because the possibility of recovery is highly suspect.
Unfortunately, most real estate investors and professionals who establish LLCs either do not know how to create an LLC without the investor's information being publicly exposed or downplay the importance of anonymity in planning. (I believe the latter is a direct result of a professional not understanding how to create the former.) When an LLC is organized, the organizer must select between a manager-managed, or member managed LLC. With either LLC form, 45 states require the LLC organizer disclose the LLCs manager(s) or member(s). This information is publicly available because on the state’s secretary of state website.
How important is anonymity? Very! Consider a recent situation involving a real estate investor in California who I will refer to as John.
Five years ago John established a California member managed LLC to hold his rental duplex. A year ago John defaulted on a contract he signed personally. The other party sues and obtains a judgment against John for $200,000. John thought he was judgment proof because the only asset he owned is his car and the LLC. John was taken by surprise when he attempted to refinance his duplex, to pull some cash out, and the lender informed him his creditor had filed a lis pendes against his duplex and he could not refinance the property without paying off his personal creditor.
John’s creditor performed an asset search in California and discovered John was the member of an LLC. A follow-up search discovered the LLC owned a duplex. Armed with this information, the creditor placed a lien on the property held in John’s LLC. If you are wondering how John’s personal creditor can access real estate inside of an LLC don’t bother, they can. The actions of John's creditor is not about what is right but rather, how much trouble, angst, and financial pain the creditor can create in John’s life to force him to settle the creditor’s claim. This creditor is arguing John committed a fraudulent transfer when he moved his rental into his LLC. When bringing this type of action, the creditor is within its rights to file a lien against the property held in the LLC. Now John will probably ultimately prevail because the property was transferred into the LLC 4 years before the lawsuit but, John’s major asset is tied up pending the outcome of his case.
John’s obvious mistake was not using an anonymity strategy to protect his association with his California LLC. If John had contacted me five years ago, I would recommend he set up a Wyoming LLC with a nominee manager to hide his identity. Followingthe creation of the Wyoming LLC, we would set up John’s California LLC with his Wyoming LLC as its member manager. Thus, when someone looked at the California LLC, it would point not to John but the Wyoming LLC. If the someone followed this trail and looked up the Wyoming LLC it will point to a nominee manager and not John who is the actual, but undisclosed, manager of the Wyoming LLC.
Questions or requests for a video topic are always welcome! If you would like a FREE 30-minute consultation, you can request one here: https://andersonadvisors.com/30minuteconsult/
Be sure to check out my website https://andersonadvisors.com/ where you can find additional information on our upcoming workshops.
800.706.4741
ccoons@andersonadvisors.com
https://andersonadvisors.com/
Twitter: @Clint_Coons
Blog: https://clintcoonsblog.com
The information provided in this video should not be construed or relied on as legal advice for any specific fact or circumstance. Its content was prepared by AndersonBusiness Advisors with its main office at 3225 McLeod Drive Suite 100Las Vegas, Nevada 89121. This video is designed for entertainment and information purposes only. Viewing this video does not create an attorney-client relationship with Anderson Business Advisors or any of its lawyers. You should not act or rely on any of the information contained herein without seeking professional legal advice.

1:55

Panama Papers: How do offshore shell companies work? - TomoNews

Panama Papers: How do offshore shell companies work? - TomoNews

Panama Papers: How do offshore shell companies work? - TomoNews

PANAMACITY — An anonymous person from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, has leaked millions of documents describing how some of the world's richest hide money in offshore havens.
Although the spotlight is currently on Panama, tax havens like Panama exist all over the world. People use them to circumvent regulations that protect transparency, as well as to avoid paying taxes in their home countries. Shell companies are often established in cities and countries that have lax rules governing transparency and financial disclosure, or more lenient criminal laws. Using tax havens isn't always about paying less taxes.
Wealth isn't necessarily kept within tax haven countries. Often such places only serve as addresses for shell companies, which exist solely on paper, and are created for as little as US$1,000, reported Vice in a 2014 article.
On paper, these shell companies act as the intermediaries that own the wealth, whether that asset is a painting or a Swiss bank account. Because of the complex organizational structure of these shell companies, it's very difficult to figure out who a company actually belongs to.
Setting up a shell company is not illegal and its existence is not always for a nefarious reason. A shell company may be established as a way to for one to save up funds to open a business. It may also act as a front for a project that a well-known company wants to keep from the public's eye until it's ready. According to Vox, Apple for example, may have created a shell company called SixtyEight Research as a front for a car project.
However, these shells are often used as tax or legal loopholes, as setting up a shell company doesn't require much identification, which allows their ultimate owners to evade scrutiny.
UC Berkeley economics professor Gabriel Zucman estimates that there is least US$7.6 trillion kept in offshore tax havens. However, due to the nature of tax havens, it's difficult to know for sure what the true amount is.
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The Threat of Anonymous Shell Companies

The Threat of Anonymous Shell Companies

The Threat of Anonymous Shell Companies

7:46

►Difference between a Shelf Company & a Shell Company (2018)

►Difference between a Shelf Company & a Shell Company (2018)

►Difference between a Shelf Company & a Shell Company (2018)

The video explains the difference between a shelf company and a shell company. Some of the classic offshore jurisdictions for shell companies are mentioned. The main purpose of a shell company is to have a bank account.
Basically, it’s a special purpose company with the scope to maintain a bank account. In the most classic offshore jurisdictions shell companies are called International Business Companies. The shelf company is an aged company ready to start real and operative business. Swiss banks are reluctant to open bank accounts for shell companies. It will be very difficult to open Swiss bank accounts for shell companies.
Switzerland offers the best jurisdiction for shelf companies. Low taxation, confidentiality with bearer shares, educated and multilingual staff are just few of the advantages Switzerland can offer as a business oriented jurisdiction for shelf companies. A shelf company is ready to start the business from day one. No formalities. For international business people who are ready for business the Swiss shelf company is the best battle-proved corporate vehicle money can buy.
30% of all Fortune Global 500 companies have established a business with a Swiss company in Switzerland. The Swiss authorities are very cooperative with international business people. They know exactly the needs and expectations of the international business community. A Swiss shelf company offers a high prestige. It is the passport to be accepted by the international business community.
We have ready to start companies on stock. If time is of essence, give me a call +41 44 212 44 04 and we will organise the best company for you to start your business in the most effective business jurisdiction: Switzerland.
We will help you to start a banking relationship with a bank covering your needs and expectations.
Start your business now.
Find out more on https://swiss-banking-lawyers.com or
just call us at +41 44 212 4404 - free consultation.
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3:17

How World Leaders Laundered Billions Of Dollars

How World Leaders Laundered Billions Of Dollars

How World Leaders Laundered Billions Of Dollars

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China owns around 1.3 trillion dollars of the United States' debt, but recently Chinese nationals have been heavily investing in different sectors of US economy. So, how much of the US does China own?
Learn More:
Chinese Investment in The US
http://www.aei.org/multimedia/chinese_investments_in_the_us/
Why the Chinese Are Snapping Up Real Estate in the U.S.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/why-the-chinese-are-snapping-up-real-estate-in-the-u-s/
"The Chinese shopping spree of American real estate is ramping up, with buyers focused on more expensive homes in dense urban areas in California, New York and Washington state, according to a survey of realtors released this week."
To RebuildAmerica, Call On China?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2012/02/14/to-rebuild-america-call-on-china/
"China'sVice PresidentXi Jinping has at least one good sales pitch to offer Americans during his five day stay; to rebuild old infrastructure, count on us."
Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
"Talk about outsourcing. At a sprawling manufacturing complex here, hundreds of Chinese laborers are now completing work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge."
China Global Investment Tracker
http://www.heritage.org/research/projects/china-global-investment-tracker-interactive-map
"China's investment in the U.S. and around the world contracted in the first half of 2014."
Watch More:
How Powerful Is China?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qaoz_eXM4k
Can The US Still Call Itself A Wealthy Nation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90mKppE5OEM
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58:09

Global Shell Games: Criminal Money and Untraceable Shell Companies

Global Shell Games: Criminal Money and Untraceable Shell Companies

Global Shell Games: Criminal Money and Untraceable Shell Companies

By JasonSharman, Griffith University, Australia
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Shell companies that cannot be traced back to their real owners are one of the most common means for laundering dirty money, giving and receiving bribes, busting sanctions, and evading taxes. This lecture presents the results of an experiment based on soliciting offers for these prohibited anonymous shell corporations. The results reveal major problems: many firms are willing to do business with criminals, but it is not the usual suspects that are the problem.

5:12

How The Wealthy Hide Billions Using Tax Havens

How The Wealthy Hide Billions Using Tax Havens

How The Wealthy Hide Billions Using Tax Havens

"SecrecyWorld" author Jake Bernstein explains how the super-wealthy hide billions using tax havens and shell companies.
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16:33

I Set up a Cheap Offshore Company Online. Here’s What Happened.

I Set up a Cheap Offshore Company Online. Here’s What Happened.

I Set up a Cheap Offshore Company Online. Here’s What Happened.

What happens when you set up a cheap offshore company online?
Andrew decided to run an experiment to see what happens when you do something that is not advisable when going offshore.
To start off, it's important to note that just setting up an offshore company isn't enough, there are documents you need to fill and some bureaucracy to go through.
Andrew opted out for opening Belize company because there aren't too many due diligence requirements, but because of this, banking might be more difficult.
Not to much surprise, the process of setting up the company was delayed, though eventually, the company was up and running.
There have been plenty of other obstacles along the way and they portray that you can't expect high-class customer service when you pay as little as possible.
To find out how did the experiment work out (or didn't?), keep your eyes peeled to help you decide whether or not opening a cheap offshore company online is worth the hassle.
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Offshore Shell Companies & Money Laundering

Offshore Shell Companies & Money Laundering

Offshore Shell Companies & Money Laundering

The end of anonymous shell companies?

In a fictitious board room in Brussels, masked CEOs are stressed out about the EU's transparancy inititiative to end tax avoidance via anonymous shelll companies. Luckily, there is no real need to worry. Or is there?

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US regulators concerned about real estate purchases made through "shell companies"

US regulators concerned about real estate purchases made through "shell companies"

US regulators concerned about real estate purchases made through "shell companies"

Despite renewed signs that the U.S. property market is under pressure, prices in some areas of the country are still red hot. And that's worrying the government because most of those real estate purchases have been made by 'shell companies'.
CCTV America's Daniel Ryntjes reports.

How to start an anonymous shell company for your cat: Dirty Little Secrets

How simple is it for shady individuals to start an anonymous shell corporation? Fusion investigative correspondent Natasha del Toro went to Delaware — famous for its corporate secrecy — to find out. Witness the birth of She Sells SeashellsLLC, a business secretly incorporated for Natasha’s cat Suki — in five minutes.
Subscribe to Fusion: https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisfusion

How to create an offshore shell company

Shell companies: where the world's richest hide their cash. Kellie Morgan explains how easy it is to set one up.

published: 04 Apr 2016

Creating Anonymity for your LLC

Most investors are unaware an LLC can be set up without the investor's personal information publicly disclosed to anyone with access to a computer. A key component of creating an asset protection shield is to maintain a veil of privacy around your assets. Its common sense that if you appear worthless, a creditor will be forced to weigh the options of bringing a claim because the possibility of recovery is highly suspect.
Unfortunately, most real estate investors and professionals who establish LLCs either do not know how to create an LLC without the investor's information being publicly exposed or downplay the importance of anonymity in planning. (I believe the latter is a direct result of a professional not understanding how to create the former.) When an LLC is organized, the orga...

published: 11 Apr 2017

Panama Papers: How do offshore shell companies work? - TomoNews

PANAMACITY — An anonymous person from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, has leaked millions of documents describing how some of the world's richest hide money in offshore havens.
Although the spotlight is currently on Panama, tax havens like Panama exist all over the world. People use them to circumvent regulations that protect transparency, as well as to avoid paying taxes in their home countries. Shell companies are often established in cities and countries that have lax rules governing transparency and financial disclosure, or more lenient criminal laws. Using tax havens isn't always about paying less taxes.
Wealth isn't necessarily kept within tax haven countries. Often such places only serve as addresses for shell companies, which exist solely on paper, and are created for a...

published: 06 Apr 2016

The Threat of Anonymous Shell Companies

published: 05 Feb 2016

►Difference between a Shelf Company & a Shell Company (2018)

The video explains the difference between a shelf company and a shell company. Some of the classic offshore jurisdictions for shell companies are mentioned. The main purpose of a shell company is to have a bank account.
Basically, it’s a special purpose company with the scope to maintain a bank account. In the most classic offshore jurisdictions shell companies are called International Business Companies. The shelf company is an aged company ready to start real and operative business. Swiss banks are reluctant to open bank accounts for shell companies. It will be very difficult to open Swiss bank accounts for shell companies.
Switzerland offers the best jurisdiction for shelf companies. Low taxation, confidentiality with bearer shares, educated and multilingual staff are just few of the ...

Global Shell Games: Criminal Money and Untraceable Shell Companies

By JasonSharman, Griffith University, Australia
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Shell companies that cannot be traced back to their real owners are one of the most common means for laundering dirty money, giving and receiving bribes, busting sanctions, and evading taxes. This lecture presents the results of an experiment based on soliciting offers for these prohibited anonymous shell corporations. The results reveal major problems: many firms are willing to do business with criminals, but it is not the usual suspects that are the problem.

published: 13 Oct 2014

How The Wealthy Hide Billions Using Tax Havens

"SecrecyWorld" author Jake Bernstein explains how the super-wealthy hide billions using tax havens and shell companies.
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published: 27 Feb 2018

I Set up a Cheap Offshore Company Online. Here’s What Happened.

What happens when you set up a cheap offshore company online?
Andrew decided to run an experiment to see what happens when you do something that is not advisable when going offshore.
To start off, it's important to note that just setting up an offshore company isn't enough, there are documents you need to fill and some bureaucracy to go through.
Andrew opted out for opening Belize company because there aren't too many due diligence requirements, but because of this, banking might be more difficult.
Not to much surprise, the process of setting up the company was delayed, though eventually, the company was up and running.
There have been plenty of other obstacles along the way and they portray that you can't expect high-class customer service when you pay as little as possible.
To find...

published: 10 Apr 2018

Offshore Shell Companies & Money Laundering

The end of anonymous shell companies?

In a fictitious board room in Brussels, masked CEOs are stressed out about the EU's transparancy inititiative to end tax avoidance via anonymous shelll companies. Luckily, there is no real need to worry. Or is there?

published: 14 Nov 2014

US regulators concerned about real estate purchases made through "shell companies"

Despite renewed signs that the U.S. property market is under pressure, prices in some areas of the country are still red hot. And that's worrying the government because most of those real estate purchases have been made by 'shell companies'.
CCTV America's Daniel Ryntjes reports.

How to start an anonymous shell company for your cat: Dirty Little Secrets

How simple is it for shady individuals to start an anonymous shell corporation? Fusion investigative correspondent Natasha del Toro went to Delaware — famous fo...

How simple is it for shady individuals to start an anonymous shell corporation? Fusion investigative correspondent Natasha del Toro went to Delaware — famous for its corporate secrecy — to find out. Witness the birth of She Sells SeashellsLLC, a business secretly incorporated for Natasha’s cat Suki — in five minutes.
Subscribe to Fusion: https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisfusion

How simple is it for shady individuals to start an anonymous shell corporation? Fusion investigative correspondent Natasha del Toro went to Delaware — famous for its corporate secrecy — to find out. Witness the birth of She Sells SeashellsLLC, a business secretly incorporated for Natasha’s cat Suki — in five minutes.
Subscribe to Fusion: https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisfusion

Creating Anonymity for your LLC

Most investors are unaware an LLC can be set up without the investor's personal information publicly disclosed to anyone with access to a computer. A key compo...

Most investors are unaware an LLC can be set up without the investor's personal information publicly disclosed to anyone with access to a computer. A key component of creating an asset protection shield is to maintain a veil of privacy around your assets. Its common sense that if you appear worthless, a creditor will be forced to weigh the options of bringing a claim because the possibility of recovery is highly suspect.
Unfortunately, most real estate investors and professionals who establish LLCs either do not know how to create an LLC without the investor's information being publicly exposed or downplay the importance of anonymity in planning. (I believe the latter is a direct result of a professional not understanding how to create the former.) When an LLC is organized, the organizer must select between a manager-managed, or member managed LLC. With either LLC form, 45 states require the LLC organizer disclose the LLCs manager(s) or member(s). This information is publicly available because on the state’s secretary of state website.
How important is anonymity? Very! Consider a recent situation involving a real estate investor in California who I will refer to as John.
Five years ago John established a California member managed LLC to hold his rental duplex. A year ago John defaulted on a contract he signed personally. The other party sues and obtains a judgment against John for $200,000. John thought he was judgment proof because the only asset he owned is his car and the LLC. John was taken by surprise when he attempted to refinance his duplex, to pull some cash out, and the lender informed him his creditor had filed a lis pendes against his duplex and he could not refinance the property without paying off his personal creditor.
John’s creditor performed an asset search in California and discovered John was the member of an LLC. A follow-up search discovered the LLC owned a duplex. Armed with this information, the creditor placed a lien on the property held in John’s LLC. If you are wondering how John’s personal creditor can access real estate inside of an LLC don’t bother, they can. The actions of John's creditor is not about what is right but rather, how much trouble, angst, and financial pain the creditor can create in John’s life to force him to settle the creditor’s claim. This creditor is arguing John committed a fraudulent transfer when he moved his rental into his LLC. When bringing this type of action, the creditor is within its rights to file a lien against the property held in the LLC. Now John will probably ultimately prevail because the property was transferred into the LLC 4 years before the lawsuit but, John’s major asset is tied up pending the outcome of his case.
John’s obvious mistake was not using an anonymity strategy to protect his association with his California LLC. If John had contacted me five years ago, I would recommend he set up a Wyoming LLC with a nominee manager to hide his identity. Followingthe creation of the Wyoming LLC, we would set up John’s California LLC with his Wyoming LLC as its member manager. Thus, when someone looked at the California LLC, it would point not to John but the Wyoming LLC. If the someone followed this trail and looked up the Wyoming LLC it will point to a nominee manager and not John who is the actual, but undisclosed, manager of the Wyoming LLC.
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Most investors are unaware an LLC can be set up without the investor's personal information publicly disclosed to anyone with access to a computer. A key component of creating an asset protection shield is to maintain a veil of privacy around your assets. Its common sense that if you appear worthless, a creditor will be forced to weigh the options of bringing a claim because the possibility of recovery is highly suspect.
Unfortunately, most real estate investors and professionals who establish LLCs either do not know how to create an LLC without the investor's information being publicly exposed or downplay the importance of anonymity in planning. (I believe the latter is a direct result of a professional not understanding how to create the former.) When an LLC is organized, the organizer must select between a manager-managed, or member managed LLC. With either LLC form, 45 states require the LLC organizer disclose the LLCs manager(s) or member(s). This information is publicly available because on the state’s secretary of state website.
How important is anonymity? Very! Consider a recent situation involving a real estate investor in California who I will refer to as John.
Five years ago John established a California member managed LLC to hold his rental duplex. A year ago John defaulted on a contract he signed personally. The other party sues and obtains a judgment against John for $200,000. John thought he was judgment proof because the only asset he owned is his car and the LLC. John was taken by surprise when he attempted to refinance his duplex, to pull some cash out, and the lender informed him his creditor had filed a lis pendes against his duplex and he could not refinance the property without paying off his personal creditor.
John’s creditor performed an asset search in California and discovered John was the member of an LLC. A follow-up search discovered the LLC owned a duplex. Armed with this information, the creditor placed a lien on the property held in John’s LLC. If you are wondering how John’s personal creditor can access real estate inside of an LLC don’t bother, they can. The actions of John's creditor is not about what is right but rather, how much trouble, angst, and financial pain the creditor can create in John’s life to force him to settle the creditor’s claim. This creditor is arguing John committed a fraudulent transfer when he moved his rental into his LLC. When bringing this type of action, the creditor is within its rights to file a lien against the property held in the LLC. Now John will probably ultimately prevail because the property was transferred into the LLC 4 years before the lawsuit but, John’s major asset is tied up pending the outcome of his case.
John’s obvious mistake was not using an anonymity strategy to protect his association with his California LLC. If John had contacted me five years ago, I would recommend he set up a Wyoming LLC with a nominee manager to hide his identity. Followingthe creation of the Wyoming LLC, we would set up John’s California LLC with his Wyoming LLC as its member manager. Thus, when someone looked at the California LLC, it would point not to John but the Wyoming LLC. If the someone followed this trail and looked up the Wyoming LLC it will point to a nominee manager and not John who is the actual, but undisclosed, manager of the Wyoming LLC.
Questions or requests for a video topic are always welcome! If you would like a FREE 30-minute consultation, you can request one here: https://andersonadvisors.com/30minuteconsult/
Be sure to check out my website https://andersonadvisors.com/ where you can find additional information on our upcoming workshops.
800.706.4741
ccoons@andersonadvisors.com
https://andersonadvisors.com/
Twitter: @Clint_Coons
Blog: https://clintcoonsblog.com
The information provided in this video should not be construed or relied on as legal advice for any specific fact or circumstance. Its content was prepared by AndersonBusiness Advisors with its main office at 3225 McLeod Drive Suite 100Las Vegas, Nevada 89121. This video is designed for entertainment and information purposes only. Viewing this video does not create an attorney-client relationship with Anderson Business Advisors or any of its lawyers. You should not act or rely on any of the information contained herein without seeking professional legal advice.

PANAMACITY — An anonymous person from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, has leaked millions of documents describing how some of the world's richest hide money in offshore havens.
Although the spotlight is currently on Panama, tax havens like Panama exist all over the world. People use them to circumvent regulations that protect transparency, as well as to avoid paying taxes in their home countries. Shell companies are often established in cities and countries that have lax rules governing transparency and financial disclosure, or more lenient criminal laws. Using tax havens isn't always about paying less taxes.
Wealth isn't necessarily kept within tax haven countries. Often such places only serve as addresses for shell companies, which exist solely on paper, and are created for as little as US$1,000, reported Vice in a 2014 article.
On paper, these shell companies act as the intermediaries that own the wealth, whether that asset is a painting or a Swiss bank account. Because of the complex organizational structure of these shell companies, it's very difficult to figure out who a company actually belongs to.
Setting up a shell company is not illegal and its existence is not always for a nefarious reason. A shell company may be established as a way to for one to save up funds to open a business. It may also act as a front for a project that a well-known company wants to keep from the public's eye until it's ready. According to Vox, Apple for example, may have created a shell company called SixtyEight Research as a front for a car project.
However, these shells are often used as tax or legal loopholes, as setting up a shell company doesn't require much identification, which allows their ultimate owners to evade scrutiny.
UC Berkeley economics professor Gabriel Zucman estimates that there is least US$7.6 trillion kept in offshore tax havens. However, due to the nature of tax havens, it's difficult to know for sure what the true amount is.
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PANAMACITY — An anonymous person from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, has leaked millions of documents describing how some of the world's richest hide money in offshore havens.
Although the spotlight is currently on Panama, tax havens like Panama exist all over the world. People use them to circumvent regulations that protect transparency, as well as to avoid paying taxes in their home countries. Shell companies are often established in cities and countries that have lax rules governing transparency and financial disclosure, or more lenient criminal laws. Using tax havens isn't always about paying less taxes.
Wealth isn't necessarily kept within tax haven countries. Often such places only serve as addresses for shell companies, which exist solely on paper, and are created for as little as US$1,000, reported Vice in a 2014 article.
On paper, these shell companies act as the intermediaries that own the wealth, whether that asset is a painting or a Swiss bank account. Because of the complex organizational structure of these shell companies, it's very difficult to figure out who a company actually belongs to.
Setting up a shell company is not illegal and its existence is not always for a nefarious reason. A shell company may be established as a way to for one to save up funds to open a business. It may also act as a front for a project that a well-known company wants to keep from the public's eye until it's ready. According to Vox, Apple for example, may have created a shell company called SixtyEight Research as a front for a car project.
However, these shells are often used as tax or legal loopholes, as setting up a shell company doesn't require much identification, which allows their ultimate owners to evade scrutiny.
UC Berkeley economics professor Gabriel Zucman estimates that there is least US$7.6 trillion kept in offshore tax havens. However, due to the nature of tax havens, it's difficult to know for sure what the true amount is.
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►Difference between a Shelf Company & a Shell Company (2018)

The video explains the difference between a shelf company and a shell company. Some of the classic offshore jurisdictions for shell companies are mentioned. The...

The video explains the difference between a shelf company and a shell company. Some of the classic offshore jurisdictions for shell companies are mentioned. The main purpose of a shell company is to have a bank account.
Basically, it’s a special purpose company with the scope to maintain a bank account. In the most classic offshore jurisdictions shell companies are called International Business Companies. The shelf company is an aged company ready to start real and operative business. Swiss banks are reluctant to open bank accounts for shell companies. It will be very difficult to open Swiss bank accounts for shell companies.
Switzerland offers the best jurisdiction for shelf companies. Low taxation, confidentiality with bearer shares, educated and multilingual staff are just few of the advantages Switzerland can offer as a business oriented jurisdiction for shelf companies. A shelf company is ready to start the business from day one. No formalities. For international business people who are ready for business the Swiss shelf company is the best battle-proved corporate vehicle money can buy.
30% of all Fortune Global 500 companies have established a business with a Swiss company in Switzerland. The Swiss authorities are very cooperative with international business people. They know exactly the needs and expectations of the international business community. A Swiss shelf company offers a high prestige. It is the passport to be accepted by the international business community.
We have ready to start companies on stock. If time is of essence, give me a call +41 44 212 44 04 and we will organise the best company for you to start your business in the most effective business jurisdiction: Switzerland.
We will help you to start a banking relationship with a bank covering your needs and expectations.
Start your business now.
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The video explains the difference between a shelf company and a shell company. Some of the classic offshore jurisdictions for shell companies are mentioned. The main purpose of a shell company is to have a bank account.
Basically, it’s a special purpose company with the scope to maintain a bank account. In the most classic offshore jurisdictions shell companies are called International Business Companies. The shelf company is an aged company ready to start real and operative business. Swiss banks are reluctant to open bank accounts for shell companies. It will be very difficult to open Swiss bank accounts for shell companies.
Switzerland offers the best jurisdiction for shelf companies. Low taxation, confidentiality with bearer shares, educated and multilingual staff are just few of the advantages Switzerland can offer as a business oriented jurisdiction for shelf companies. A shelf company is ready to start the business from day one. No formalities. For international business people who are ready for business the Swiss shelf company is the best battle-proved corporate vehicle money can buy.
30% of all Fortune Global 500 companies have established a business with a Swiss company in Switzerland. The Swiss authorities are very cooperative with international business people. They know exactly the needs and expectations of the international business community. A Swiss shelf company offers a high prestige. It is the passport to be accepted by the international business community.
We have ready to start companies on stock. If time is of essence, give me a call +41 44 212 44 04 and we will organise the best company for you to start your business in the most effective business jurisdiction: Switzerland.
We will help you to start a banking relationship with a bank covering your needs and expectations.
Start your business now.
Find out more on https://swiss-banking-lawyers.com or
just call us at +41 44 212 4404 - free consultation.
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China owns around 1.3 trillion dollars of the United States' debt, but recently Chinese nationals have been heavily investing in different sectors of US economy. So, how much of the US does China own?
Learn More:
Chinese Investment in The US
http://www.aei.org/multimedia/chinese_investments_in_the_us/
Why the Chinese Are Snapping Up Real Estate in the U.S.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/why-the-chinese-are-snapping-up-real-estate-in-the-u-s/
"The Chinese shopping spree of American real estate is ramping up, with buyers focused on more expensive homes in dense urban areas in California, New York and Washington state, according to a survey of realtors released this week."
To RebuildAmerica, Call On China?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2012/02/14/to-rebuild-america-call-on-china/
"China'sVice PresidentXi Jinping has at least one good sales pitch to offer Americans during his five day stay; to rebuild old infrastructure, count on us."
Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
"Talk about outsourcing. At a sprawling manufacturing complex here, hundreds of Chinese laborers are now completing work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge."
China Global Investment Tracker
http://www.heritage.org/research/projects/china-global-investment-tracker-interactive-map
"China's investment in the U.S. and around the world contracted in the first half of 2014."
Watch More:
How Powerful Is China?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qaoz_eXM4k
Can The US Still Call Itself A Wealthy Nation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90mKppE5OEM
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China owns around 1.3 trillion dollars of the United States' debt, but recently Chinese nationals have been heavily investing in different sectors of US economy. So, how much of the US does China own?
Learn More:
Chinese Investment in The US
http://www.aei.org/multimedia/chinese_investments_in_the_us/
Why the Chinese Are Snapping Up Real Estate in the U.S.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/why-the-chinese-are-snapping-up-real-estate-in-the-u-s/
"The Chinese shopping spree of American real estate is ramping up, with buyers focused on more expensive homes in dense urban areas in California, New York and Washington state, according to a survey of realtors released this week."
To RebuildAmerica, Call On China?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2012/02/14/to-rebuild-america-call-on-china/
"China'sVice PresidentXi Jinping has at least one good sales pitch to offer Americans during his five day stay; to rebuild old infrastructure, count on us."
Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
"Talk about outsourcing. At a sprawling manufacturing complex here, hundreds of Chinese laborers are now completing work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge."
China Global Investment Tracker
http://www.heritage.org/research/projects/china-global-investment-tracker-interactive-map
"China's investment in the U.S. and around the world contracted in the first half of 2014."
Watch More:
How Powerful Is China?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qaoz_eXM4k
Can The US Still Call Itself A Wealthy Nation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90mKppE5OEM
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By JasonSharman, Griffith University, Australia
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Shell companies that cannot be traced back to their real owners are one of the most common means for laundering dirty money, giving and receiving bribes, busting sanctions, and evading taxes. This lecture presents the results of an experiment based on soliciting offers for these prohibited anonymous shell corporations. The results reveal major problems: many firms are willing to do business with criminals, but it is not the usual suspects that are the problem.

By JasonSharman, Griffith University, Australia
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Shell companies that cannot be traced back to their real owners are one of the most common means for laundering dirty money, giving and receiving bribes, busting sanctions, and evading taxes. This lecture presents the results of an experiment based on soliciting offers for these prohibited anonymous shell corporations. The results reveal major problems: many firms are willing to do business with criminals, but it is not the usual suspects that are the problem.

"SecrecyWorld" author Jake Bernstein explains how the super-wealthy hide billions using tax havens and shell companies.
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"SecrecyWorld" author Jake Bernstein explains how the super-wealthy hide billions using tax havens and shell companies.
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I Set up a Cheap Offshore Company Online. Here’s What Happened.

What happens when you set up a cheap offshore company online?
Andrew decided to run an experiment to see what happens when you do something that is not advisab...

What happens when you set up a cheap offshore company online?
Andrew decided to run an experiment to see what happens when you do something that is not advisable when going offshore.
To start off, it's important to note that just setting up an offshore company isn't enough, there are documents you need to fill and some bureaucracy to go through.
Andrew opted out for opening Belize company because there aren't too many due diligence requirements, but because of this, banking might be more difficult.
Not to much surprise, the process of setting up the company was delayed, though eventually, the company was up and running.
There have been plenty of other obstacles along the way and they portray that you can't expect high-class customer service when you pay as little as possible.
To find out how did the experiment work out (or didn't?), keep your eyes peeled to help you decide whether or not opening a cheap offshore company online is worth the hassle.
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ABOUT NOMAD CAPITALIST
Andrew Henderson travels to nearly 30 countries every year to stay up to date on the latest legal strategies for entrepreneurs and investors to pay less tax, grow their money faster, and build their personal freedom.
Andrew started Nomad Capitalist to help people like you follow his five magic words: "go where you're treated best". He has personally started foreign companies, opened offshore bank accounts, and obtained multiple second passports.
He also learned the hard way that perpetual information seeking is often the biggest barrier to getting the results you want. Many entrepreneurs spend months and even years constantly researching how to pay less in tax or live overseas, but are afraid to make the jump.
As a result, they get stuck and keep paying a fortune in taxes and never get the lifestyle they deserve.
Nomad Capitalist's Youtube channel is based on Andrew's vision that focusing on the end result, rather than the latest shiny object, is the best way to actually obtain the benefits of the Nomad Capitalist lifestyle.
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What happens when you set up a cheap offshore company online?
Andrew decided to run an experiment to see what happens when you do something that is not advisable when going offshore.
To start off, it's important to note that just setting up an offshore company isn't enough, there are documents you need to fill and some bureaucracy to go through.
Andrew opted out for opening Belize company because there aren't too many due diligence requirements, but because of this, banking might be more difficult.
Not to much surprise, the process of setting up the company was delayed, though eventually, the company was up and running.
There have been plenty of other obstacles along the way and they portray that you can't expect high-class customer service when you pay as little as possible.
To find out how did the experiment work out (or didn't?), keep your eyes peeled to help you decide whether or not opening a cheap offshore company online is worth the hassle.
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ABOUT NOMAD CAPITALIST
Andrew Henderson travels to nearly 30 countries every year to stay up to date on the latest legal strategies for entrepreneurs and investors to pay less tax, grow their money faster, and build their personal freedom.
Andrew started Nomad Capitalist to help people like you follow his five magic words: "go where you're treated best". He has personally started foreign companies, opened offshore bank accounts, and obtained multiple second passports.
He also learned the hard way that perpetual information seeking is often the biggest barrier to getting the results you want. Many entrepreneurs spend months and even years constantly researching how to pay less in tax or live overseas, but are afraid to make the jump.
As a result, they get stuck and keep paying a fortune in taxes and never get the lifestyle they deserve.
Nomad Capitalist's Youtube channel is based on Andrew's vision that focusing on the end result, rather than the latest shiny object, is the best way to actually obtain the benefits of the Nomad Capitalist lifestyle.
About Andrew: http://www.nomadcapitalist.com/about/
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The end of anonymous shell companies?

In a fictitious board room in Brussels, masked CEOs are stressed out about the EU's transparancy inititiative to end tax avoidance via anonymous shelll companie...

In a fictitious board room in Brussels, masked CEOs are stressed out about the EU's transparancy inititiative to end tax avoidance via anonymous shelll companies. Luckily, there is no real need to worry. Or is there?

In a fictitious board room in Brussels, masked CEOs are stressed out about the EU's transparancy inititiative to end tax avoidance via anonymous shelll companies. Luckily, there is no real need to worry. Or is there?

US regulators concerned about real estate purchases made through "shell companies"

Despite renewed signs that the U.S. property market is under pressure, prices in some areas of the country are still red hot. And that's worrying the government...

Despite renewed signs that the U.S. property market is under pressure, prices in some areas of the country are still red hot. And that's worrying the government because most of those real estate purchases have been made by 'shell companies'.
CCTV America's Daniel Ryntjes reports.

Despite renewed signs that the U.S. property market is under pressure, prices in some areas of the country are still red hot. And that's worrying the government because most of those real estate purchases have been made by 'shell companies'.
CCTV America's Daniel Ryntjes reports.

How to start an anonymous shell company for your cat: Dirty Little Secrets

How simple is it for shady individuals to start an anonymous shell corporation? Fusion investigative correspondent Natasha del Toro went to Delaware — famous for its corporate secrecy — to find out. Witness the birth of She Sells SeashellsLLC, a business secretly incorporated for Natasha’s cat Suki — in five minutes.
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Creating Anonymity for your LLC

Most investors are unaware an LLC can be set up without the investor's personal information publicly disclosed to anyone with access to a computer. A key component of creating an asset protection shield is to maintain a veil of privacy around your assets. Its common sense that if you appear worthless, a creditor will be forced to weigh the options of bringing a claim because the possibility of recovery is highly suspect.
Unfortunately, most real estate investors and professionals who establish LLCs either do not know how to create an LLC without the investor's information being publicly exposed or downplay the importance of anonymity in planning. (I believe the latter is a direct result of a professional not understanding how to create the former.) When an LLC is organized, the organizer must select between a manager-managed, or member managed LLC. With either LLC form, 45 states require the LLC organizer disclose the LLCs manager(s) or member(s). This information is publicly available because on the state’s secretary of state website.
How important is anonymity? Very! Consider a recent situation involving a real estate investor in California who I will refer to as John.
Five years ago John established a California member managed LLC to hold his rental duplex. A year ago John defaulted on a contract he signed personally. The other party sues and obtains a judgment against John for $200,000. John thought he was judgment proof because the only asset he owned is his car and the LLC. John was taken by surprise when he attempted to refinance his duplex, to pull some cash out, and the lender informed him his creditor had filed a lis pendes against his duplex and he could not refinance the property without paying off his personal creditor.
John’s creditor performed an asset search in California and discovered John was the member of an LLC. A follow-up search discovered the LLC owned a duplex. Armed with this information, the creditor placed a lien on the property held in John’s LLC. If you are wondering how John’s personal creditor can access real estate inside of an LLC don’t bother, they can. The actions of John's creditor is not about what is right but rather, how much trouble, angst, and financial pain the creditor can create in John’s life to force him to settle the creditor’s claim. This creditor is arguing John committed a fraudulent transfer when he moved his rental into his LLC. When bringing this type of action, the creditor is within its rights to file a lien against the property held in the LLC. Now John will probably ultimately prevail because the property was transferred into the LLC 4 years before the lawsuit but, John’s major asset is tied up pending the outcome of his case.
John’s obvious mistake was not using an anonymity strategy to protect his association with his California LLC. If John had contacted me five years ago, I would recommend he set up a Wyoming LLC with a nominee manager to hide his identity. Followingthe creation of the Wyoming LLC, we would set up John’s California LLC with his Wyoming LLC as its member manager. Thus, when someone looked at the California LLC, it would point not to John but the Wyoming LLC. If the someone followed this trail and looked up the Wyoming LLC it will point to a nominee manager and not John who is the actual, but undisclosed, manager of the Wyoming LLC.
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Panama Papers: How do offshore shell companies work? - TomoNews

PANAMACITY — An anonymous person from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, has leaked millions of documents describing how some of the world's richest hide money in offshore havens.
Although the spotlight is currently on Panama, tax havens like Panama exist all over the world. People use them to circumvent regulations that protect transparency, as well as to avoid paying taxes in their home countries. Shell companies are often established in cities and countries that have lax rules governing transparency and financial disclosure, or more lenient criminal laws. Using tax havens isn't always about paying less taxes.
Wealth isn't necessarily kept within tax haven countries. Often such places only serve as addresses for shell companies, which exist solely on paper, and are created for as little as US$1,000, reported Vice in a 2014 article.
On paper, these shell companies act as the intermediaries that own the wealth, whether that asset is a painting or a Swiss bank account. Because of the complex organizational structure of these shell companies, it's very difficult to figure out who a company actually belongs to.
Setting up a shell company is not illegal and its existence is not always for a nefarious reason. A shell company may be established as a way to for one to save up funds to open a business. It may also act as a front for a project that a well-known company wants to keep from the public's eye until it's ready. According to Vox, Apple for example, may have created a shell company called SixtyEight Research as a front for a car project.
However, these shells are often used as tax or legal loopholes, as setting up a shell company doesn't require much identification, which allows their ultimate owners to evade scrutiny.
UC Berkeley economics professor Gabriel Zucman estimates that there is least US$7.6 trillion kept in offshore tax havens. However, due to the nature of tax havens, it's difficult to know for sure what the true amount is.
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►Difference between a Shelf Company & a Shell Company (2018)

The video explains the difference between a shelf company and a shell company. Some of the classic offshore jurisdictions for shell companies are mentioned. The main purpose of a shell company is to have a bank account.
Basically, it’s a special purpose company with the scope to maintain a bank account. In the most classic offshore jurisdictions shell companies are called International Business Companies. The shelf company is an aged company ready to start real and operative business. Swiss banks are reluctant to open bank accounts for shell companies. It will be very difficult to open Swiss bank accounts for shell companies.
Switzerland offers the best jurisdiction for shelf companies. Low taxation, confidentiality with bearer shares, educated and multilingual staff are just few of the advantages Switzerland can offer as a business oriented jurisdiction for shelf companies. A shelf company is ready to start the business from day one. No formalities. For international business people who are ready for business the Swiss shelf company is the best battle-proved corporate vehicle money can buy.
30% of all Fortune Global 500 companies have established a business with a Swiss company in Switzerland. The Swiss authorities are very cooperative with international business people. They know exactly the needs and expectations of the international business community. A Swiss shelf company offers a high prestige. It is the passport to be accepted by the international business community.
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How World Leaders Laundered Billions Of Dollars

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China owns around 1.3 trillion dollars of the United States' debt, but recently Chinese nationals have been heavily investing in different sectors of US economy. So, how much of the US does China own?
Learn More:
Chinese Investment in The US
http://www.aei.org/multimedia/chinese_investments_in_the_us/
Why the Chinese Are Snapping Up Real Estate in the U.S.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/why-the-chinese-are-snapping-up-real-estate-in-the-u-s/
"The Chinese shopping spree of American real estate is ramping up, with buyers focused on more expensive homes in dense urban areas in California, New York and Washington state, according to a survey of realtors released this week."
To RebuildAmerica, Call On China?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2012/02/14/to-rebuild-america-call-on-china/
"China'sVice PresidentXi Jinping has at least one good sales pitch to offer Americans during his five day stay; to rebuild old infrastructure, count on us."
Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
"Talk about outsourcing. At a sprawling manufacturing complex here, hundreds of Chinese laborers are now completing work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge."
China Global Investment Tracker
http://www.heritage.org/research/projects/china-global-investment-tracker-interactive-map
"China's investment in the U.S. and around the world contracted in the first half of 2014."
Watch More:
How Powerful Is China?
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Can The US Still Call Itself A Wealthy Nation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90mKppE5OEM
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Global Shell Games: Criminal Money and Untraceable Shell Companies

By JasonSharman, Griffith University, Australia
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Shell companies that cannot be traced back to their real owners are one of the most common means for laundering dirty money, giving and receiving bribes, busting sanctions, and evading taxes. This lecture presents the results of an experiment based on soliciting offers for these prohibited anonymous shell corporations. The results reveal major problems: many firms are willing to do business with criminals, but it is not the usual suspects that are the problem.

How The Wealthy Hide Billions Using Tax Havens

"SecrecyWorld" author Jake Bernstein explains how the super-wealthy hide billions using tax havens and shell companies.
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I Set up a Cheap Offshore Company Online. Here’s What Happened.

What happens when you set up a cheap offshore company online?
Andrew decided to run an experiment to see what happens when you do something that is not advisable when going offshore.
To start off, it's important to note that just setting up an offshore company isn't enough, there are documents you need to fill and some bureaucracy to go through.
Andrew opted out for opening Belize company because there aren't too many due diligence requirements, but because of this, banking might be more difficult.
Not to much surprise, the process of setting up the company was delayed, though eventually, the company was up and running.
There have been plenty of other obstacles along the way and they portray that you can't expect high-class customer service when you pay as little as possible.
To find out how did the experiment work out (or didn't?), keep your eyes peeled to help you decide whether or not opening a cheap offshore company online is worth the hassle.
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ABOUT NOMAD CAPITALIST
Andrew Henderson travels to nearly 30 countries every year to stay up to date on the latest legal strategies for entrepreneurs and investors to pay less tax, grow their money faster, and build their personal freedom.
Andrew started Nomad Capitalist to help people like you follow his five magic words: "go where you're treated best". He has personally started foreign companies, opened offshore bank accounts, and obtained multiple second passports.
He also learned the hard way that perpetual information seeking is often the biggest barrier to getting the results you want. Many entrepreneurs spend months and even years constantly researching how to pay less in tax or live overseas, but are afraid to make the jump.
As a result, they get stuck and keep paying a fortune in taxes and never get the lifestyle they deserve.
Nomad Capitalist's Youtube channel is based on Andrew's vision that focusing on the end result, rather than the latest shiny object, is the best way to actually obtain the benefits of the Nomad Capitalist lifestyle.
About Andrew: http://www.nomadcapitalist.com/about/
Our website: http://www.nomadcapitalist.com
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The end of anonymous shell companies?

In a fictitious board room in Brussels, masked CEOs are stressed out about the EU's transparancy inititiative to end tax avoidance via anonymous shelll companies. Luckily, there is no real need to worry. Or is there?

US regulators concerned about real estate purchases made through "shell companies"

Despite renewed signs that the U.S. property market is under pressure, prices in some areas of the country are still red hot. And that's worrying the government because most of those real estate purchases have been made by 'shell companies'.
CCTV America's Daniel Ryntjes reports.

Shell corporation

A shell corporation is a company which serves as a vehicle for business transactions without itself having any significant assets or operations. Some shell companies may have had operations, but those may have shrunk due to unfavorable market conditions or company mismanagement. A shell corporation may also arise when a company's operations have been wound up, for example following a takeover, but the “shell” of the original company continues to exist.

Shell companies can also be used for tax avoidance. A classic tax avoidance operation is based on the buying and selling through tax haven shell companies to disguise true profits. The firm does its international operations through this shell corporation, thus not having to report to its country the sums involved, avoiding any taxes.